Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/06/22
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My experience is that more people ignore proper word use and
spelling/grammar usage.
Gene
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That makes sense. If one is paying attention to what one writes - as you
obviously are - the move from typewriter/pen to the computer makes
correction far easier, and therefore far more likely to occur.
On the other hand, the proliferation of Emails as a means of written
communication has lead to the development of various writing shortcuts,
including the dropping of capitalization, use of abbreviations, us of
symbols, i.e. :-), and other devices. As Buzz said, take a look at the
LUG archives if you think that writing has improved over all.
Couple the electronic decline with the decline in the quality of writing
in high schools and colleges, and the picture becomes quite scary.
B. D.
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[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Douglas Herr
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 10:44 AM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] RE: While it is happening (B. D. Colen)writing
goingdwnhll
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> Now, as to the proliferation of writing tools improving writing...I
> think just the opposite may be true. While Email is probably causing
> more people to communicate in writing, the quality of writing today
> has markedly deteriorated over that of a few decades ago, and appears
> to be going nowhere but downhill.
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The quality of MY writing has improved by many orders of magnitude.
Before e-mail, before word processing, there was either pen and paper or
the typewritier. I made such a mess of both that I gave up in
frustration.
Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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